Never Give Up

The goodbye salute, from her room to the screens of millions of people all over the world. I wanted to find a few words before the end ...

"Christian morality is not the titanic, willful effort of one who decides to be coherent and who succeeds, a sort of solitary...

Eileen and I celebrated our 20th Anniversary on June 22. We had a lovely but pretty laid back day, which was just fine  with both of us....

Give me, good Lord, a humble, lowly, quiet, peaceable, patient, charitable, kind, tender, and merciful mind, with all my works an...

He is our refuge. Never give up searching for Him.

We weep wet tears while blood red roses bloom in the sun. Life drains out from our eyes and we feel like drops disappearing in the ruth...

I have no words. I have read so many words in these days, as if somehow we might be able to use our voluminous and conflicting words t...

"The Church in Jerusalem...sent Barnabas to Antioch. When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all ...

Deep down, people don't believe in forgiveness. We may talk about it, but in our hearts we don't really think it's possible. ...

Here's something I call " Still Life  with Psalm 4."

Do we really believe that Jesus makes us brothers and sisters in a unity that is more intimate than anything in this world? Do we really ...

This weekend the Roman rite has observed the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the memorial of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, whi...

This reflection appeared for today in Magnificat's  "Year of Mercy" Companion. It's always good to remember the tremendou...

Happy Birthday to my adult son. During the years of this blog he has passed from middle school to college. In January of 2011 he was st...

Mary said, "All generations will call me blessed, for he who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name" (Luke ...

What is this Love? What is this Love, this Love inexhaustible broken into crumbs, poured out in earthen vessels? What is this Lov...

What is the value of our work? Are we merely part of a vast process for the production of things and the attainment of quantifiable ...

Jesus, I feel within me  a great desire to please You but, at the same time, I feel totally incapable of doing this without Your ...

In the difficulty and awkwardness and apparent impossibility of mundane life, there God is present. And this is not some abstract ...

The rainy season appears to be at an end, and Spring is rapidly turning to Summer. The mornings are bright but still cool, with clear blue ...